On this episode of The AIE Podcast...

Tetsemi: It’s 2020 and we are here for the games!

Mewkow: Umami is a thing of the past

Mkallah: Have you hugged your Wookie today?

Tetsemi: SMN for all your FFXIV fun

Mewkow: And, we are our own guests!

All that and more coming up right now...

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Welcome to episode #335 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: - (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests US who are here to talk to ourselves about what we’ve been up to during the break. Welcome!

Ok, we’ll be digging into all of our fun since the last show shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news...

AIE News

Community

Mandatory Fun Nights

Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.

Sunday - STO 8:30 pm Eastern

Monday - GW2 9:30 pm Eastern

Tuesday - SWTOR 9 pm Eastern

Wednesday - FFXIV 10 pm Eastern

Friday - ESO 9 pm Eastern

Friday - FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern

Saturday - LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern

Saturday - Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern

Saturday - FFXIV (Maps) 11 pm Eastern

Streaming and guild podcast news

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 322: Year End Wrap And Predictions

http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-322-year-end-wrap-and-predictions/

SWTOR Anniversary, Star Wars for watching, and our 2019 review.

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 323: The Mandalorian

http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-323-the-mandalorian/

January events schedule is up, our guild events are rolling for 2020, and we review The Mandalorian.

Working Class Nerds

Episode 62: Diggin' Into the Decade!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/2451068

Marcus and Nick sit down with Dr. SWTOR to discuss their favorite games of the decade and the final episodes from The Mandalorian.

WoW

https://aie-guild.org/blog/2020/01/news-from-aie-in-wow-retail/

UMAMI applications are no longer a requirement for WoW Retail. We are opening up guild recruitment to the server with the in-game recruitment system. New and current members of AIE can continue to use Discord, aielfo in-game community, as well as the new Blizzard guild recruitment system to request guild invites. We want to thank Stigg for everything he has done with our UMAMI system and Greenwall, and we can’t wait to see what else he has in store for AIE.

AIE’s 13th Anniversary next month and 3rd Annual Ralff's Amazing Race (details coming soon (tm))

NOOB Raid tried Mythic....on accident! And it went, well, just like you thought it should.

Patch 8.3 Survival Guide

https://www.wowhead.com/news=305319/patch-8-3-visions-of-nzoth-survival-guide-giveaway

The third major Battle for Azeroth content patch, Visions of N'Zoth, will be releasing on January 14th (US) / 15th (EU).

This new content patch will include N'Zoth Assaults in two zones: Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms. N'Zoth has taken over and Corrupted these areas. Taking part in these Assaults will earn you reputation with the Uldum Accord and Rajani and earn you a new currency: Coalescing Visions.

Wrathion returns in this Patch, starting off with a long Introduction Questline that will act as a tutorial for the major systems of this patch. This includes his own legendary cloak Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve and a plan to enter and take down the Horrific Visions of N'zoth. Titanforging is being removed for all Patch 8.3 content and replaced by Corrupted Gear which will provide you with powerful effects, but at a cost. Participating in Horrific Visions will allow you to upgrade Wrathion's Legendary Cloak, helping you to combat some of the negative effects of the Corrupted gear. In addition, new Essences are being added for all roles, as well as new recipes for Professions.

Two new Allied Races are being added to the game: Vulpera for the Horde and Mechagnomes for the Alliance.